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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 Oct 2018
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    Is there an art history term for works from triumphalist periods in history, where a culture is still highly confident from recent successes, has stopped taking real risks, believes in a highly positive telling if it’s history, and is on brink of mediocrity/decline?

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      1. mark safranski‏ @zenpundit 20 Oct 2018
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        My huge 9 hours in undergrad art history 30+ years ago says no. They tend to classify periods by artistic theme (Rococo, Neoclassical, Romantic etc etc). Maybe you want Archaeology or Sociology to weigh in?

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      2. Catherine Baab-Muguira‏ @Greedzilla1 20 Oct 2018
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        Kingsley Amis wrote some good criticism on the idea that WW1 marked the decline of British confidence and that art changed because of this. He’s not the first person to have observed this but he’s a funny, perceptive critic of Modernism.

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      3. Catherine Baab-Muguira‏ @Greedzilla1 20 Oct 2018
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        A good example is Rudyard Kipling, who wrote all that confident cultural bombast, then lost his son to the values he championed (arguably). Ex of real time loss of confidence.https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-rudyard-kiplings-son-went-missing …

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      1. Tallepied Vincent‏ @tallepied 20 Oct 2018
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        art pompier

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      1. Jan-Erik Asplund‏ @janerikasplund 20 Oct 2018
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        High Baroque, as in:https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/arts/design/chelsea-enters-its-high-baroque-period.html …

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      1. Beer&TallBuildings‏ @beerbuildings 20 Oct 2018
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        Yes, it’s called “[insert American university name] MFA Showcase”

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      1. Andrea Kuszewski  🧠‏Verified account @AndreaKuszewski 20 Oct 2018
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        Trompe l'oeil 😉

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        decadent

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